A woman who parked her minivan in the Beaumont Medical Center lot, 4949 Coolidge, reported someone stole the catalytic converter from her vehicle.

The woman told police she discovered the converter missing after she got in her 1999 Chevrolet Venture and started it up about 12:30 p.m. March 20.

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Thief takes GPS

Someone broke into a man’s car Wednesday and stole the in-dash navigation system from his 2010 Chrysler 300 in the 1400 block of South Washington.

Police said someone broke out the passenger window on the man’s vehicle to get inside it to steal the navigation system.

Classic car stolen from in front of man’s house

A man who parked his classic 1959 Lincoln Premier in front of his house returned to find the vehicle stolen.

The man called police March 22 and told them the white car was stolen from where it was parked in the 700 block of Fernwood.

Art studio display case taken

An employee at Creative Art Studio, 114 W. Fourth Street, told police someone stole a display case left in the alley next to the business between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. March 21.

Vandals target car windows

Police took four reports of windows broken or damaged on vehicles on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Tuesday, windows were broken on two vehicles parked in the 400 block of West Sunnybrook and at Glendale and 13 Mile Road. The owner of a third vehicle parked in the 3900 block of Custer found the same day that someone had shot three BB gun size holes in the rear window of his vehicle.

And on Wednesday morning a man found someone broke out the rear window of his van parked in the 1800 block of West Webster.

Graffiti suspect arrested

A Warren man was charged in Royal Oak 44th District Court on Tuesday with malicious destruction of property after police say he was caught drawing graffiti on an electrical box.

The suspect, Michael Johnson, 18, is also charged with possession of a mechanical knife. Both charges against him are misdemeanors and his bond was set at $1,000 by Royal Oak District Judge Derek Meinecke.

Police said a witness called them about 5 p.m. March 23 to report a person drawing graffiti on an electrical box on Second Street.

Officer located Johnson a few blocks away and police said he admitted drawing the graffiti.

Johnson is scheduled for a pretrial hearing in Royal Oak District Court at 9 a.m. April 18.

FERNDALE

Debit card theft suspect in court

A man accused of using a debit card stolen from an acquaintance’s purse at a Royal Oak restaurant on St. Patrick’s Day faces two felony charges.

Grosh was in Ferndale 43rd District Court for a hearing Thursday and is scheduled to return for a preliminary examination at 2 p.m. April 3.

Police said the female victim, 22, of Hazel Park went to the same high school as the suspect. She told police Grosh and his girlfriend sat at her table at Pronto! restaurant in Royal Oak on March 17.

The next morning the woman found her wallet and debit card missing and called to cancel the card. She also found out the card had been used to purchase gas and a carton of cigarettes at a gas station in Ferndale.

The woman went to the gas station and identified Grosh using the card from a surveillance video, police said.

Police said they arrested Grosh at the house where he lives in Madison Heights.

Grosh told police he was drunk the night the woman’s wallet was stolen and had no idea how he ended up with her debit card.

He faces two counts of stealing a financial transaction device. Each charge is punishable by up to four years in prison.

Car burglar takes two pair of $750 sunglasses

Someone broke into a man’s car and stole two pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses, each worth $750.

The sunglasses, one pair white and the other black, were stolen along with an iPod from the center console of the man’s Acura while it was parked in his driveway in the 2100 block of Manatee.

The man reported the theft to police on Monday.

OAK PARK

Four car thefts attempted

Someone tried — and failed — to steal four different cars near a high-rise building in the 15000 blocks of Lincoln and Northgate close to Greenfield.

Owners of the vehicles, all Pontiacs, reported the attempted thefts to police on Thursday morning.

Police said the attempted thefts appeared to be the work of amateurs.

Each one of the vehicles had a window broken, the steering column damaged and the ignition stripped, police said.